This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

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

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

The tennis legend became the best in the world (partly) thanks to practicing his strokes against this garage door as a kid.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

This Colorado gallery is primarily for cars, but its collection also includes quilts, pottery, and more.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.