This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A student driver's nightmare.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

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.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Russian history in San Francisco.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.