This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.