The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.