Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This 15th century pharmacy displays a beautiful collection of ancient medicine jars.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

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

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.