The feelings from a family vacation are frantic and rushed. But they are also touching and beautiful as children experience the wonder of famous land marks and thousands of moving people. Writing as a Chicago native, I can say that the fountains such as the massive piece of wonderment in Grand Park and the equally surprising pieces in Millennium can make a vacation all by themselves. Why not bring a piece of that wonder back with you, by bringing one of a huge selection of fully functional wall fountains home?

Rome was once called the city of fountains, the entire city blanketed with beautiful carvings that also served as community centers and the source of vital water for thousands. Ever since, fountains have been associated with cities, with prosperity and urban construction. Greece, Spain, France—each had their famous modern centerpieces pouring water out endlessly to the wonder of all who pass by and modern American cities lack nothing in comparison as millions see each year.

Fountains are chosen so often to be the centerpieces of entire cities because of their strength, their power. They move huge amounts of water. But smaller fountains found in parks and around offices do certainly have something of the same effect. Nature, movement, sound… a simple wall hanging fountain has these every bit as much of this paradoxical static endless movement as the largest human made fountain. And they can come home with you, hanging where your children play and where you read and work after hours, imparting the same sense of awe and life that city centers buzz with.