An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.