The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.