This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

America's first public mental health facility.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

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

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.