Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

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

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

This specimen of Mexico's national tree is now central to religious pilgrimage and rituals.

Inside one of Guadalajara's oldest houses, you can find puppets and foam models of the city's missing buildings.

From battleships to Roman vessels, this museum explores the depths of shipwrecks in the region.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

Guitarist Paco de Lucía overlooks travelers as they pass through this train station dedicated to his legacy.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.