The largest protected conservation area in the Ozarks—a region that stretches into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

The first commercial phone line west of St. Louis was installed thanks to a group of Cherokee businessmen.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.

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 only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.