The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

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

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

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

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

The former home of elite checkers battles of the Capital Pool Checkers Club.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.