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

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

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

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

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

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.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

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

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

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

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

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

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

What is the Thing?

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.