Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

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

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

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

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

A German shoemaker-turned-folk-hero whose impersonation of a Prussian military officer earned international notoriety.

This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

This small chapel built into rock is the oldest place of worship in Luxembourg.

Healing waters from a holy well, previously used by locals for doing laundry.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.