One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."