The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

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

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

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.