The only Native American comic shop in the world.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

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

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."