Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

This is one really big nut.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

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

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

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."