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A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

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Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.