Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.