Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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