This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

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

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

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

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

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

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

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

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.