The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

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.

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

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.