St. Augustine, Florida
Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'
A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.
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St. Augustine, Florida
A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.
New York, New York
Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Cheshire, Connecticut
A 26-foot-tall fiberglass American legend stands proudly here.
Waldoboro, Maine
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
New York, New York
With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Designed to represent the mushroom clouds the artists witnessed during nuclear testing.
Wellesley, Massachusetts
A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Boston, Massachusetts
A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.
New York, New York
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
New York, New York
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Danbury, Connecticut
After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'
Boston, Massachusetts
A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Washington, D.C.
This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.
Washington, D.C.
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
Washington, D.C.
One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.