Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.