Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.