Santa Fe, New Mexico
Loretto Chapel
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Elk City, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Edmond, Oklahoma
A memorial to victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Youngsville, North Carolina
A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
Rachel, Nevada
This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Shoshone, California
A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.