An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.