Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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 monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.