Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

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

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

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

The site of the first battle of World War II.

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 monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.