The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.