This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

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

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.