William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

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.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.