This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.