The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

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

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

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

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A Faraday Cage protects cars from a nearby high-power transmitter.