This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

A hilltop collection of crosses remembering the hundreds of Argentine troops who fell during the Falklands War.

It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.

An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.

A small cemetery remembers the British troops who fell during the Falklands War.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

Despite its ornamental looks, this towering Tuscan-inspired anomaly was a masterpiece in hydraulic engineering.

The first privately owned air raid shelter in Britain, built after a horrifying night of Zeppelin bombings.

This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Keep a lookout for replicas of this wooden soldier hiding in plain sight all around town.