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Rota the lion at the Lightner Museum.

St. Augustine, Florida

Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

The Book Loft is located in a former pottery studio on Fernandina Beach’s Centre Street.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Book Loft

Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.

The wooden pavers can be hard to distinguish as they run along the length of the street.

New York, New York

Wall Street Palisade

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

Fearless Girl Statue

New York, New York

Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Paul Bunyan is very much a local landmark.

Cheshire, Connecticut

Paul Bunyan Muffler Man

A 26-foot-tall fiberglass American legend stands proudly here.

Floor to Ceiling

Waldoboro, Maine

Fawcett's Antique Toy and Art Museum

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

The original boathouse was built in the 1870s.

New York, New York

Central Park Boathouse

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Ominous Ikon #6.

Wellesley, Massachusetts

'Ominous Ikon #6 and Yaddo Study'

Designed to represent the mushroom clouds the artists witnessed during nuclear testing.

The Babson Globe

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Babson Globe

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

John Rogers memorial, Babson College

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Burned at the Stake Monument

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

Jim Metcalf at Martini Junction

Needham, Massachusetts

Martini Junction

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

"Cultural Heroes."

Boston, Massachusetts

Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Solitude Stone

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Solitude Stone

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

The New York Herald Monument.

New York, New York

New York Herald Monument

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

El Sabroso

New York, New York

El Sabroso

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Manhattan's Art Nouveau Pizza Parlour!

New York, New York

300 West 38th Street

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant sign

Danbury, Connecticut

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

Thamas Magliozzi Plaque.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Magliozzi Plaque

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

Spring Lane, which was named after the Great Spring.

Boston, Massachusetts

The Great Spring

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The entrance to the Udvar-Hazy Center

Chantilly, Virginia

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum

Alexandria, Virginia

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum

An original apothecary from 1792.

The Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure.

Washington, D.C.

Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

Orangery.

Washington, D.C.

Dumbarton Oaks

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Gutenberg Bible on display at the Library of Congress.

Washington, D.C.

Library Of Congress Gutenberg Bible

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

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