The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

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

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.