The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Yo, Adrian!

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The world's longest known cave system.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.