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The world's largest lug nut atop a smokestack in Lansing.

Lansing, Michigan

World's Largest Lug Nut

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

Rotary Steam Clock in Wentworth Park.

Lansing, Michigan

Lansing's Rotary Steam Clock

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

Toxic Town Marker

St. Louis, Michigan

Toxic Town Marker

This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.

Mini Mac Bridge

St. Louis, Michigan

Mini Mac Bridge

This replica of Michigan's mighty Mackinac Bridge is more than 200 times smaller than its northern counterpart.

Michigan Transportation Employees Memorial.

Clare, Michigan

Michigan Transportation Employees Memorial

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

National Trout Memorial.

Kalkaska, Michigan

National Trout Memorial

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

Bethlehem.

Calhoun, Georgia

Rock Garden Calhoun

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Wigwam Village No. 2. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cave City, Kentucky

Wigwam Village #2

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Kentucky's Stonehenge

Munfordville, Kentucky

Kentucky's Stonehenge

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Mama Loumari.

Shepherdsville, Kentucky

Bernheim Forest Giants

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

The bow of the ark

Williamstown, Kentucky

Ark Encounter

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Florence Y'all Water Tower

Florence, Kentucky

Florence Y'all Water Tower

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Devil’s Gate (Wyoming)

Alcova, Wyoming

Devil’s Gate (Wyoming)

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Independence Rock Sign

Casper, Wyoming

Independence Rock

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden

Key West, Florida

Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

Playing dominoes; smoking cigars

Key West, Florida

Mario Sanchez Street Experience

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

Coral Cut looking west

Palm Beach, Florida

Coral Cut

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

Palm Beach's clock tower.

Palm Beach, Florida

Worth Avenue Clock Tower

This 25-foot tall clock tower commemorates the start of one of America's foremost shopping districts and the end of the historic Palm Beach Pier.

Hatching a gator.

Palmdale, Florida

Gatorama

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

Old Fort Park

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Old Fort Park

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

VC Bird monument

St John's, Antigua and Barbuda

VC Bird Monument

An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.

‘Fantasy Swan’

Orlando, Florida

‘Fantasy Swan’

A different kind of swan princess.

A 1967 Orlando Sentinel

Orlando, Florida

The Disney Collection

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

Global Convergence.

Orlando, Florida

Global Convergence Sculpture

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

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