Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

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

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."