The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A small museum built by a family that survived the Siege of Sarajevo.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.