The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

The only thing these street signs will help you navigate is your imagination.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.