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

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

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

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

What is the Thing?

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.