An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

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

A student driver's nightmare.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

At these downtown crossings, pedestrian lights show axe-wielding Vikings instead of the usual walking figures.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.