Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

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

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.