Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Commemorating the lives of a renowned humorist and a famed aviator who died in a plane crash in northern Alaska.