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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.