This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

A remote island settlement off the coast of Tanzania is a storied archaeological site with an ancient past.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.