The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

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

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.