The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.