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.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

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

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

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.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

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

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.