Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.