While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

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

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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

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