The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.

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

This sacred enclave was once considered the religious center of Eastern Polynesia.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

A massive clementine marks the center of town in the citrus city of Berkane.

This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.

Bodie's 20th-century rival was a paragon of respectability and calm—but the mines eventually ran dry.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.