A tribute to all the green-thumbed workers who tend London’s public parks and gardens.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

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

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

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.

While most bridges allow roads to pass over water, this one allows water to pass over a road.

This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

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

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

This gigantic monument hidden in the woods was built to thank the Dutch for sheltering Belgian refugees during World War I.