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

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

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

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

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

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

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.