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

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

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

Three bronze beauty queens welcome you to “Miss America University.”

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

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

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

A quirky mishmash of Route 66 memorabilia and other throwbacks from the past.

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

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.