Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

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

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.