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

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

Despite the name, this ancient piece of crystal may not have been a lens at all.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

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

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

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.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

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

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