A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

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

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

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