This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

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

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

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