With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

A living lighting fixture.

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

The lion represents a fascinating part of English history, and the story of a man who obsessed over its creation.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.