How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.

A student driver's nightmare.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.