This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

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

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.