Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

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

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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.

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

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.

This old village lock-up is known as the "round house," but it is actually octagonal.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.