Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

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

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

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

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.