Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

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