An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.

This relic of transportation history still stands in this Indiana city.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.

Sometimes called the “Little Golden Gate," this bright yellow structure is the last driveable suspension bridge in Arkansas.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

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

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

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

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.