This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

The middle finger of modernity.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.