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

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

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

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.