Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

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.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.