Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

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

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.