This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

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

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

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.