Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Haven for steampunks.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...