A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

This cul-de-sac off Fleet Street is said to be the place where the infamous Demon Barber made a killing

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The purported midpoint in London from which all distances are measured has a tragic love story at its core

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This strange pyramid is a unique feature of the Austrått Manor.

The design of this seemingly translucent two-story tower in northwest Cambridge was inspired by an optical illusion.

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

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

A quirky statue in Bermondsey made by 100 public participants with goggles, chisels, and mallets.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The Branch Davidian compound known as the Mount Carmel Center became the site of one of the most controversial law enforcement operations in U.S. history.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Order bagels and lox from an iconic Jewish delicatessen with nearly a century of history behind it.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

One Maltese man’s hobby became an extensive collection of restored automobiles, motoring paraphernalia, and antiques.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.