This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

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

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The smallest country in the world.