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

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

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

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.