Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.