The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.