The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

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

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

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

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.