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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The magic's in the hole!

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.