This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Don't worry, they don't use antique scissors.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.