This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

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

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.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.