This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

A five-story homage to tea times past.

The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

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

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

The best place to acquire pea shooting fame.

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.