A collection of historic buildings in central Birmingham blend seamlessly into the cityscape but have an interesting story to tell.

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

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

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

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

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

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

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

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