During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

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

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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

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

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

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

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.