A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

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

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."