A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A student driver's nightmare.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

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