Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The magic's in the hole!

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Mexican food and folk art.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."