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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

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

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.