This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

A medieval quay that was the Mayflower's final port of call before sailing for America.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.