A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The most confusing clock in New York.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.