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.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

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

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

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

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

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.