The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A secluded green oasis amidst the towering skyscrapers, bears an unusual moniker that reflects one of the city's oldest guilds.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

Near the site where the English Archbishop was born, you can find an emblem in the shape of a pilgrim's badge.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

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

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.