Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Haven for steampunks.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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