A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A replica of one of the most complete mammoth skeletons discovered in England.

Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

The oldest working Brewery in Britain.

This Iron Age hill fort remained hidden until a series of storms revealed its history.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

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

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.