The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

Music boxes like you've never imagined.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.