Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

An iconic British fixture in an unconventional color.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This statue that honors King Bladud dates from 1859 and, after being kept in storage for many years, was renovated and moved to the Parade Gardens in 2009. The statue of a pig was added at the same time

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

Legend has it that Bishop Oliver King dreamed of angels ascending to heaven and ordered the church's reconstruction in the late 1400s

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

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

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.