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.

A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.