This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

A sculpture that commemorates an iconic photo of urban Scotland's past.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.