Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

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

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.