The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A student driver's nightmare.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.