A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.