The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

This massive work of art is five stories high and 120 feet long.

This Connecticut ferry has been operating in some form since 1655.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

One car at a time please.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.