This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Houston’s oldest continuously-operating Tex-Mex restaurant has been a community hub since 1941.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."