A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.