Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.

The elaborate façade of this old Cantonese opera house celebrates the building's history and the love story that founded it.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

A film center envisioned to rival Cannes ended up as a haunted place after at least 168 people were killed during the rushed construction.

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

An eerie ship cemetery with gunfire as a soundtrack.

This enormous aluminum figure in Denmark lying in a plunged position, echoes the global debate on canceled historical statues.

Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.

This piece of early engineering is rather unknown despite its location in the heart of Madrid.

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

A rebuilt Roman city that was once the largest Roman settlement in the region.

With a bundle of matches in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, this sculpture is a modern take on Hans Christian Andersen's poignant fairy tale.