A living lighting fixture.

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

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

This single-screen Art Deco theater in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania opened its doors in 1941.

A giant hand emerging from the ground beckons visitors into a park in Madrid.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.