A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

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.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.