This uninhabited ghost village was evacuated during World War II to become an urban warfare training facility

At Bank station, the tunneling shield that built the original Waterloo & City line tunnel is hiding in plain sight

A building that looks like a giant hedgehog, in the middle of East London.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

A cruise ship retraces the the route of the doomed RMS Titanic, 100 years later.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

An extraordinary collection of artifacts spanning 500 years of medical history.

Cemetery dating back to 1884, known for being the final resting place of the notorious Kray twins.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

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