A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

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

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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