L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.