This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

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

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

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.