This stretch of beach is the site of a prime watering hole and a primate watchtower.

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

The largest Victorian water tower in Britain.

Two larger-than-life Sean Henry sculptures blend in with the people of Colchester's high street.

At this fountain, Pongo and Missis of "The Hundred and One Dalmatians," stopped to drink.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

This public bathroom is guarded by a flyswatter-wielding army major.

On the side of Christchurch Mansion is an enigmatic block of dark limestone that dates back to 14th-century Belgium.

A life-sized statue commemorating the former manager of Ipswich's football team.

A bronze and stone statue made to recognize the life and career of a Russian aristocrat turned English rugby player.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.