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

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

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

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

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

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

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

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.