The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

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

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.