This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

An unusual artwork dedicated to a unique man that entertained people visiting Cambridge while raising money for charity.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.

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

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.