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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.