This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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

A student driver's nightmare.