The oldest public library in Ireland.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

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

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

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

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.