Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

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

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

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.