Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

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

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.