This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.

This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.