L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

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

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A student driver's nightmare.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.