A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

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

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

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

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

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

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

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

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.