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

What is the Thing?

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.