The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

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

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.