Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

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

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

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

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

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

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

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

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

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

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.