At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A local prank turned town icon.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

An old locomotive hides deep in the forest.

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.