A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

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

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

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

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

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

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.