The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

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

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.