Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.