Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Three large boulders covered in mysterious carvings and graffiti.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

This two-legged horse statue celebrates a beloved cartoonist and his quirky characters.

This hidden gem reveals the history of Britain's first police force.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.