The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

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

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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

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

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.