Places mdfirefighter64 Wants to Go

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

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

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

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

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

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

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.