This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?