These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Mexican food and folk art.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.