The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.