The last surviving footbridge in the Yakima Canyon, now a historic landmark, provides access to wilderness west of the Yakima River

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

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

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

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

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

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This hulking rock formation balances on a pedestal that is 3 feet by 17 inches.

The "Grand Canyon of Southwestern Idaho" makes a spectacular gash across the flat Snake River plain.

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.

A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.