Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The Real LegoLand.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.