A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

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

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

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

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

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

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.