The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.