The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

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

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.