Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

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

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

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

The geographic center point of the Golden State.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.