Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The freeway that never was.