Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.