A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.