This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

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

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.