A lioness and her cub stand watch from the side of a building on one of Queens' busiest streets

St. Mary in the Mountains is the oldest active Catholic church in Nevada

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

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

The ruins of a medieval bridge are visible inside a Prague Metro station.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.