This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

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

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

Several Iron Age artifacts were discovered during excavations of this ancient site.

Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

This former floral display recalls Andover’s crucial role in Viking history in England.

The village silk mill weaving Oscar-winning ribbons.