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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

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

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”