Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

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

The longest hedge maze in the world.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.