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

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

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.