This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.