Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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.

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

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

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

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.