This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.