Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.

This commercial and retail center was crafted from walled military barracks.

The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.