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

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

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

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.