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

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.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An urban laboratory.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

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

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

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

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

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