William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

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

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.