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Merchant's House exterior

New York, New York

Merchant's House Museum

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

New York, New York

President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Jefferson Market Library

New York, New York

Jefferson Market Library

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

The Grolier Club

New York, New York

The Grolier Club

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Fraunces Tavern

New York, New York

Fraunces Tavern

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Detail of the Tiffany-designed elevators. Economical cast iron, not bronze!

New York, New York

The Woolworth Building

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Can you hear it?

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The Beaux-Arts exterior.

New York, New York

Bryant Park Bathroom

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

New York, New York

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The door to Otto Penzler’s office in the Mysterious Bookshop, marked by police tape.

New York, New York

Mysterious Bookshop

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The Brill Building

New York, New York

The Brill Building

Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.

The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium

Portland, Oregon

The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The train station.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

Looking through bridge toward road

York, Maine

Wiggly Bridge

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

Sponsored By Visit Maine
The bar still stands.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

American Giants Museum

Atlanta, Illinois

American Giants Museum

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure.

Washington, D.C.

Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure

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

Blue Lagoon

Grindavík, Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Museum of Childhood

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Independence Temple.

Independence, Missouri

Independence Temple

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

View of leaning tower from outer-moat east bridge

Caerphilly, Wales

The Leaning Tower at Caerphilly Castle

This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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