This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

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

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

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

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.