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

A unique collection of artistic rides

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The first of the iconic American roadside attractions lives on as a college mascot.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

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

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

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.