This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

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

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

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.