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The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.

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

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

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

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

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

This relic of transportation history still stands in this Indiana city.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.