Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.