Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

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

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The world's longest known cave system.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.