This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

The "Black Arch" guards the entrance to the picturesque Glens of Antrim.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.