A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Built to celebrate the glory of a new queen, this forgotten monument has moved around Madrid three times, reflecting 200 years of political whims and city redevelopment.

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

This former power station is now a museum dedicated to the region's coal-producing history.

The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

Two large posteriors in one giant statue.

These Bullet-scarred bunkers are haunting reminders of the Spanish Civil War.

Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.

The much-loved protagonist of famed Argentinian comics can be found sitting on a park bench.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.

The remains of this misplaced church were moved here stone by stone.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.

A 12th century church completely covered in shells.