This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

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

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

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

A living lighting fixture.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

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

A monument is dedicated to the thousands of people who pick and harvest our nation's food.

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

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

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

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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