This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

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.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The bench featured in the film with Robin Williams and Matt Damon has become a popular destination for moviegoers.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

This replica of a historic fishing shack long dubbed the most painted building in America.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.