This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

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

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

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.