Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

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

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.

Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.

Located more than 600 feet beneath the North Atlantic seabed, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.