A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.