Home to items never before seen by the public.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.