A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.