An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

See more than 150 sculptures, stained glass windows, and famous works of art all rendered in marzipan.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

Grab a pint of British-brewed ale or cider and a hot roast pork bap at this quintessential London pub.

These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.