The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

Visit on a Sunday morning to see some killer tricks.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.