A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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