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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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