A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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

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

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

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

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.