This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

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

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

London's old-school healing garden.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.