Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!