This former sewage pumping station is now a fascinating museum.

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.