Port Glasgow, Scotland
Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow
A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.
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Glasgow, Scotland
The Witch's Skull
One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.
London, England
Brown Dog Statue
A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.
London, England
The Albert Bridge
Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.
London, England
Odeon Covent Garden
Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.
London, England
Long John Silver Figurehead Collection
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
London, England
Shield of Parade
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
Wellington Monument
This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.
London, England
Mold Gold Cape
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
Wolf-God of Woodeaton
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
The Blind Beggar
This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.
London, England
Walbrook Skulls
It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
London, England
Viking Tombstone
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
London, England
The Aurochs Skull
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
London, England
The Four Mother Goddesses
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
Tower of London Barbary Lion Skulls
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
London, England
Alfred Russel Wallace Statue
A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.
London, England
Chi-Chi the Giant Panda
The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.
London, England
Mary Anning's Plesiosaur
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
London, England
The Soho Square Hut
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
London Transport Museum
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
London, England
Electric Avenue
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
