Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

A small stone monument marks the spot on Stavely Road where the first of hundreds of missiles touched down during World War II.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.