The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

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

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space. 

A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.

This patch of old-growth forest is home to Canada's gnarliest tree.

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.

Rare mummified forest could offers a glimpse into how our environment has been changed by humans.