At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

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

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.