The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

Visitors to this public park will also find the ruins of an old western fort.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

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

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.