143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

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

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

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

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

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

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

This mural changes every few years.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.