Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.