The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

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

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This imposing modern citadel started out as a home renovation project.

The Gaudí-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernism.