The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

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

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

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

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.