Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A tribute to all the green-thumbed workers who tend London’s public parks and gardens.

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

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

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

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

Home of the "true" equator.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.