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

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

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.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.