This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

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

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.