One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

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

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.