Everything good comes from Uranus

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

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

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

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

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.