A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

Nine healing baths available only to those who stay in this quaint town, said to have inspired 'Spirited Away.'

Henri Matisse's final masterpiece.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

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.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.