This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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

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

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

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

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

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.