Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.