Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."