A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

One of the oldest of its kind.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.