Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.