The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.