The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.