this is a post apocalyptic world so of course the monuments are going to be destroyed
maybe statue of liberty still stands and it now has religious reverence around it (metaphor for faith-based belief in free market system or some shit)
find fatty skyscraper, have it get toppled over in blast. not feasible to remove, but it's still taking up a shitload of space somewhere so it has like… paths cut through it for roads etc (who lives in the ruins?)