A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

London's old-school healing garden.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

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