This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.