The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

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

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

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

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.