These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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.

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

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.