The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

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