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It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.