This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

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

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.