Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

This 12-seat movie theater is the smallest in the world.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This pub has roots dating back to 1430.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.