The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

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

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.