Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.