A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

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

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

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

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.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.