While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

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

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

The Rosie the Riveter statue in Clarksville, Indiana, honors a real-life riveter who worked on B-24 bombers.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."