Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

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

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

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

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

High-end dining has a home in this former gas station.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.