Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Rock City
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
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Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
In Midtown Atlanta, tons of marble appears to be devouring a Fiat Panda at this unique art installation.
Atlanta, Georgia
A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Texarkana, Texas
$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Bushland, Texas
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Roswell, New Mexico
A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Roswell, New Mexico
The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Tucson, Arizona
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Tucson, Arizona
Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.