Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

An eccentric park and pool.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A science teacher's dream.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.