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

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.