A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

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

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.