A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

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

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

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

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

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

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

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