Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

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

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

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

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.