An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

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

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.