Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

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

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

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

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

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

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

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

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

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

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

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.

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

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.