A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.