After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

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

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

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

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.