This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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

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

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

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

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.