Places sherryolet Wants to Go

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

"They died with their boots on."

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

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.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.