A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Crafted by one of the first makers of stoneware in England.

This carved stone slab marked the grave of a local dragon slayer, who makes a killer pie.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

Dedicated to a young woman who broke gender barriers at the University of Madrid.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.