From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

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

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

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

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

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

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.