These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

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

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.