This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

The slate extracted from these Pennsylvania quarries was once hailed as the finest in the world.

The Decoy Capital of the World.