The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.