Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

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

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.