Places Edited by Darrell Powers

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

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

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

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

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.