The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

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

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.