An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

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

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.