An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

The world's oldest model village.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

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

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

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

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.