Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.