The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."