This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

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

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

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

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

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

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

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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