The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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

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

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

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

A memorial to the United States's first wildlife refuge warden.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.