Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The oldest producer of embroidered Western wear.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

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

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

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

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

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

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

This gallery is home to everything from antiques, to ancient tribal masks.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.