Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

This Hindu temple in suburban New Jersey is the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.