A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.