An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.

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.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.