Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

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

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.