At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

Inside a London bookstore, a fireplace that once belonged to the illustrator responsible for a famous set of tarot cards.

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

Order bagels and lox from an iconic Jewish delicatessen with nearly a century of history behind it.

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

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

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

Garments from across the globe call this hidden gem home.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.