The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.