Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.