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.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

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

A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.