J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.