The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The loneliest island in New York.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.