This store decorated with Japanese and underground pop culture items has been the centre of Barcelona alternative fashion scenes for more than a decade.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

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

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The 18th-century inspiration behind Harry Potter's Sorting Hat.

Model aircraft soar over 360-degree views of the countryside at the start of England's oldest road.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.