The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

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

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.