This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

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

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world