San Antonio, Texas
Portland Cement Plant Ruins
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.
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San Antonio, Texas
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Saint Hedwig, Texas
A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Kingman, Arizona
A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.
Laughlin, Nevada
A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Henderson, Nevada
Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Alma, Arkansas
Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
Valle, Arizona
An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.