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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

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

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.