Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.