These fossilized remains of an ancient saber-toothed cat inspired the mascot of Nashville's NHL team.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

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

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

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

In this rural town square, a unique statue honors the inventor of the microchip.

The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.

A detailed, loving tribute to America's most isolated city.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."