Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

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

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

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

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

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

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

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

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.