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

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

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

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

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

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

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

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

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