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

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

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

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

Visible from both land and sea.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

It's estimated that half of the world's gold was mined from South Africa's "golden arc."

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

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.