For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince."

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The unusual burial site of a globetrotter, eccentric, adventurer, war hero, landscape designer, dandy, and writer.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

This store decorated with Japanese and underground pop culture items has been the centre of Barcelona alternative fashion scenes for more than a decade.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

This bizarrely tree-like red skyscraper is one of the newer additions to Barcelona’s skyline.

An underground spring in a labyrinthine cave system, decorated with stalagmites and stalactites.

A Roman bridge closed to car traffic in the 1990s now open to foot traffic.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.