Monuments in the United States

This distinctive blue and white jet fighter is a symbol of the area’s relationship with aviation.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

A monument is dedicated to the thousands of people who pick and harvest our nation's food.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

Amid the hustle and bustle of Miami’s Financial District sits a mausoleum-turned-monument.

This roadside prairie Statue of Liberty replica is one of the foremost examples of the Boy Scouts of America's "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" campaign.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.

Dedicated in 1895, this is the world's first tribute to the hardworking newspaper delivery boy.

Nobody's quite sure who erected this monument marking the spot where a gray wolf was shot and killed.

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.