The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

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

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.