Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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

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

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

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

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.