Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

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

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

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