This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

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.

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

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

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

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

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

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

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

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."