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This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.

A reminder of the dinosaur skeleton discovered in a local quarry.

One of the oldest cathedrals in the U.K. houses a priceless early manuscript.

Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.

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

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

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

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

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

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

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

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

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.