A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Catacombs turned marketplace.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.