A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.