It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

This tiny island is recognized as the site where St. Paul landed after a shipwreck in the first century.

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

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.