Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.