A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.