After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

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

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

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

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.