Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.