Places sweetcandee00 Wants to Go

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

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

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.