The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

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

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.