Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

A sign marks where the two bodies of water meet.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

A remarkably well-preserved brick chimney from a smelter dating to the 1860s is all that remains of this former mill.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.