Taos, New Mexico
D.H. Lawrence Forbidden Art
Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
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Taos, New Mexico
Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Denver, Colorado
This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Sedona, Arizona
This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.
Bailey, Colorado
This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.
Seattle, Washington
Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.
Madrid, New Mexico
A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Lincoln, New Mexico
The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.