Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.