This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

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

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

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

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

London's old-school healing garden.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.