Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

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

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

A monument to Malchik, a stray dog who lived in a Moscow metro station until his tragic death.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.