The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

A memorial to a 19th-century composer who was known for driving crowds wild.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

This ancient Bedfordshire church was abandoned when the village's population slowly began migrating to new towns.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.