One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

Colorado’s most beloved glacier is an imposter.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.