Iconic Landmarks

Cloud Gate ("The Bean")

Chicago's mirror-polished sculpture

Grand Central Terminal

The Beaux-Arts temple of rail travel

Hoover Dam

The concrete colossus on the Colorado

Independence Hall

The birthplace of the United States

One World Trade Center

The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere

The Alamo

The old mission and shrine of Texas independence

The Chrysler Building

Manhattan's Art Deco crown

The Empire State Building

The Art Deco tower that defined the skyline

The Gateway Arch

The stainless-steel gateway to the West

The Hollywood Sign

The white letters on the Los Angeles hills

The Las Vegas Strip

The neon boulevard of casinos

The Lincoln Memorial

The temple to the sixteenth president

The Space Needle

Seattle's flying-saucer tower

The Statue of Liberty

The copper colossus in New York Harbor

The Transamerica Pyramid

San Francisco's tapering spire

The United States Capitol

The domed seat of Congress

The Washington Monument

The marble obelisk on the National Mall

The White House

The residence of the president

Times Square

"The Crossroads of the World"

Willis Tower

Chicago's black-steel giant (the former Sears Tower)