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Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.