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

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

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.

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

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

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.