It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

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

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

This rock bore witness to the last pitched battle fought on British soil.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

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

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.