Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

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

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

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

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

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

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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