Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

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

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

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.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.