Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.