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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

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.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

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.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.

Where a rare geological phenomenon created a section of rock that resembles a checkerboard.