The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

The first Icelander to hold the position of governor.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

A museum of Czech puppetry and wine in an allegedly haunted 14th-century stone house.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

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

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.