Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

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

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.