Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

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

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

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

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.