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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

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

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

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.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.