The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

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

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.