This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.