Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

You will not be able to miss this building.