A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

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

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

More than 1,000 stone figures were discovered in a small Nigerian town, where they had been sitting for centuries.

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.