This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.