This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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 rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

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

An obelisk commemorates historic floods that hit two towns along the Red River of the North.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

The birthplace of Las Vegas is now preserved as a historic and natural area.

Tulsa's historic skyscrapers define the oil boom era of Art Deco construction, and are known for their ornate arched lobbies.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.