Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”