The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The last remaining predreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.