A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

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

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

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

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.