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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.