This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

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

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

An indoor botanical garden for tropical plants looks like a giant cylinder lying on its side.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

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

The museum displays the life work of the great clown spanning a career of 70 years in movies, television, radio and his paintings.