The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

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

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

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.