This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

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

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

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

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

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

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

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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