Tokyo, Japan
Akihabara Electric Town
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
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Tokyo, Japan
Sengaku-Ji
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Tokyo, Japan
Hachiko
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
Tokyo, Japan
Mohri Garden Pond
An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.
York, England
Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
York, England
Cat Statues of York
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
Manchester, England
Mayfield Railway Station
Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.
London, England
I Goat
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
Chained Library at Chelsea Old Church
This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.
London, England
The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
Columbia Road Shops and Flower Market
The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.
London, England
Paddington Bear Statue
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
God's Own Junkyard
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Seascale, England
Scafell Pike
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Flodden Wall
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
George Mackenzie's Mausoleum
The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Greyfriars Bobby
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Edinburgh, Scotland
Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Witches' Well
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
