A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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

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

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

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

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

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

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.