This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.