A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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.

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

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.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.