A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

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

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.

An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

A secluded green oasis amidst the towering skyscrapers, bears an unusual moniker that reflects one of the city's oldest guilds.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A curious statue fit for a mad tea party.

This wooden mosque is one of the few remnants of medieval Poland's Muslim Tatar community in this deeply Catholic country.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

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

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

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.