A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.