This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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