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

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.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

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

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Cell phone tower constructed entirely of wood.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

The world's tallest slum.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.