The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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