This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

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

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The narrowest street in Paris.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.