A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

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

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Local arts organization founded in a former church.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.