What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

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

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

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

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

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.