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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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

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

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

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

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.