A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.