This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.