England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

This townhouse was once the original home of the Scottish Football Association.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

This mountain is one of the largest in Scotland but is better known for its hollow insides.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.