William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.