This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.