This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.