A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

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

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.

This multi-level, aqueduct-footbridge hybrid is one of the greatest works of the Spanish Renaissance.