A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

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

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.