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The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.

Beneath unsuspecting visitors feet, a capsule containing pieces of America’s civil rights history.

The "Key of Keys" for Washington, D.C. and the apocryphal landing place for the military campaign that started George Washington's career is now at the bottom of a well.

This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.