These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

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

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Long before mobile phones or GPS were available, these sentry boxes provided help for motorists in need.