The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

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

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The precious-metals strikes dating back to the 1860s are now mostly inactive, but this area has become the United States' only domestic source of lithium.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.