An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

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

In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

This early pioneer landmark is one of the oldest buildings in this part of Kansas and one of the few Dutch mills ever built in the state.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

A small-town limestone memorial to a local cartoonist and to Porky Pig, his most famous subject.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.