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.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Always a new use for this old building.