An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

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

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

This kaleidoscopic house may be the most bizarre on the island of Fuerteventura.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

A plinth outside a church displays sculptures by local artists.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.