In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

A nuclear reactor created for Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" campaign is now used for research at a Dutch university.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

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

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.