This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.