Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

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 remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.