This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

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

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

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

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."