Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.