Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.