Belfast, Northern Ireland
Crown Liquor Saloon
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
Chicago, Illinois
You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.
Chicago, Illinois
The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.
Chicago, Illinois
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.
Toronto, Ontario
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Brooklyn, New York
Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Mars, Pennsylvania
Could it have picked a better place to land?
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.