An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

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

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

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

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

What is the Thing?

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.