Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Venice's island of the dead.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

The oldest church building in the state.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.