A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A family of fiberglass giants.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.