A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

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

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

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

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

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

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.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

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

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.