The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.