After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

This museum and former department store is home to the largest collection of A.R. Mitchell art in the world.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.