A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

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

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

The Last Home of an Executed King.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.