This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.