Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.