There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

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

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.

A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.