Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

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

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.