Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.