A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

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

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

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

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

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

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.