A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

A white oak with property rights.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.