This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

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

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.