This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

The London statue that imitates passersby.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A student driver's nightmare.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

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