This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

According to tradition, King Phillip II supervised construction of the seat of his empire from this seat carved into rock.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

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

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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