The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

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

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.