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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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

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

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

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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