In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.