An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.