The first capital of Texas was actually in modern-day Louisiana.

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

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

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

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The man who wasn't there.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.