A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

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

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

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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