A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

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

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

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

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.