The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

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.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

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

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

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.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

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

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

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.