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Dearborn, Michigan

The Hallmark Collection at the Henry Ford Museum

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.
Ireland

Dursey Island Cable Car

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.
Westminster, California

Asian Garden Mall

The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.
Toronto, Ontario

Graffiti Alley

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.
Toronto, Ontario

The Monkey's Paw

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Toronto, Ontario

Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.
Sponsored by Destination Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Sundial Folly

An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.
Sponsored by Destination Toronto
Chattanooga, Tennessee

MoonPie General Store

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.
Sponsored by Chattanooga Tourism
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.
London, England

Sherlock Holmes Statue

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.
St. Ignace, Michigan

Lehto’s Pasties

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.
Glenrothes, Scotland

Concrete Hippos of Glenrothes

This town hosts 170 pieces of public art, including giant irises, flying saucers, and, famously, hippos.
Somerville, Massachusetts

Prospect Hill Tower

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
Somerville, Massachusetts

Sapphire City House

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects
Somerville, Massachusetts

Winter Hill Gang Headquarters

The former headquarters for Whitey Bulger and the notorious Winter Hill Gang.
Pembrokeshire, Wales

Dyffryn Arms

A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.
Dallas, Texas

Half Price Books Flagship Store

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

The Stone Tower

Off a back road near Waterville Valley, one can find a castle turret built by an eccentric reverend over 100 years ago.
Augusta, Georgia

Pexcho’s American Dime Museum

An authentic recreation of a 19th-century museum for "working class folks."
Chicago, Illinois

Margie’s Candies

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
Asheville, North Carolina

Good Hot Fish

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Blue Whale at the Core Science Facility

A massive skeleton suspended in the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Core Science Facility.
London, England

The Guinea

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.
Webster, Massachusetts

Samuel Slater Experience

This interactive museum is dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and founder of one of the nation’s earliest boomtowns.