Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.

Ancient stone dildos and other odd pieces of medical history are displayed at this quirky Cyprus gem.

This ancient burial site is a fascinating reminder of Malta's prehistoric past.

A border town divided by the Hong Kong–China line, where entry still requires a special permit.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

This abandoned church was the site of one of the biggest art heists of the past decades.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

A 4th-century Roman church complete with a hidden underground cave.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

Remains of a keep that was built shortly after the Norman conquest of England.

A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.

A former royal garden with lush surroundings in the heart of the city.

England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.

Abandoned British military fortifications, slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.