Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bronze Cow
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
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Chicago, Illinois
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.
New York, New York
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
New York, New York
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.
Rome, Italy
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
Rome, Italy
Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.
Rome, Italy
For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Banff, Alberta
Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.
Banff, Alberta
The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.