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

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

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.