The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

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

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Berlin's old airport.