An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.