For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The unlikely myth that this bridge was designed by Sir Isaac Newton is quite a tribute to its clever design.

Atop this iconic central Brighton monument sits an inaccurate but innovative time keeping device

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

The longest Champagne Bar in Europe, if not the world

A timeline of London history on the Thames Path, installed in 2014

A small group of islands with a dramatic history.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

As the Royal Family's jam supplier, this museum displays relics from the two world wars, farm equipment, a four legged chick, and other curiosities.

An art museum dedicated to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but it is by no means restricted to her work.

The Underground railway station and its Cubist/Art Deco statue are so evocative of 1920s/30s London that one almost expects to see Poirot on the stairs.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.

One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.

Grab a pint of British-brewed ale or cider and a hot roast pork bap at this quintessential London pub.

Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.