After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

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

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.