It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

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

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.