This arch was featured prominently in the film.

Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.

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

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

An oddity shop filled with loads of bones, skulls, crafting materials, vintage taxidermy, and more.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.