During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

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

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

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.