19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

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

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

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Despite being dead since the 1970s, this Canadian tree is kept upright and intact by adoring locals.

This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.