An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.

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.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

The great Danube river starts here.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.