An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

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

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

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.