Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The oldest playground in America.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.