Route 66

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

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

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.