Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of Navajo Nation.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.