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

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Near this coastal cave stands a small memorial to the hermit who made it his home for three decades.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

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

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

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

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

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

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

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.