In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

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

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

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

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.