At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

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

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.