Order bagels and lox from an iconic Jewish delicatessen with nearly a century of history behind it.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

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

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

Several colorful mosaic panels depict the life and creative genius of the Master of Suspense.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

A helicopter memorial commemorating what was once the only way to access this West Berlin exclave.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.