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

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

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.