These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.

One of only three examples of a stained glass window manufactured by the Tiffany Company in Scotland.

An abandoned train station still stands as a testament to the region's industrial and transport history.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

This striking building appears to defy gravity, a tower balancing atop a much smaller cube.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

The ruins of a 16th-century Spanish convent tell a forgotten history.

A small site dedicated to the memory of a local leader and the search for peace.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

This museum offers a glimpse into early 20th-century Glasgow life.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

The heart of Pachuca's small museum district pays tribute to a unique figure of Hidalguense history.