Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

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

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

Perched above a grotto, this tribute to Mother Nature looks out into the ocean.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.