Places claireromama Wants to Go

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

It turns out what appears to be an Ancient Roman aqueduct isn't so ancient after all.

Locals have put a new makeup on this strange statue every year since they unearthed it.

This classic red telephone box is now a community art installation celebrating local history.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

Malmö’s bronze prince yearns for Copenhagen's 'Little Mermaid'—and his missing crown jewels.

In honor of a local spinster's dying wish, this chapel harbors an eerily lifelike wax effigy.

Local legend of a lurking canal crocodile takes on a life of its own with this sculpture.

Planted more than 300 years ago, these trees are South African National Monuments.

Polish babkas, cheesecakes, and rose jelly-filled doughnuts are made fresh daily at this neighborhood stalwart.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

Swim in these hot springs filled with three-million-year-old water, deep in the Australian Outback.

The remains of an abandoned funicular railway that once ferried skiers and hikers to great heights in the Pyrenees.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

Phoenix man has two yards full of vintage signs and antiques.