This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

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

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

One was an astronomer who spent his life chasing solar eclipses, the other helped make Emily Dickinson famous.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.