This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the star.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

One of the largest collections of merchandise from the famous British sci-fi show can be found smack in the middle of Indiana.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."