A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

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

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.