One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

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

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

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

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

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

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