One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.