The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

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

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

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