An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

Nothing to see here.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

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

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

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

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.