Columbus, Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker Childhood Home
The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
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Columbus, Ohio
The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
New York, New York
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
Brooklyn, New York
A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.
New York, New York
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
Chicago, Illinois
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?