Just off the city’s central station hides a quaint lamp-lit alley into medieval Elsinore.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

Once believed to be a sacred Roman legionary symbol, this bronze figure inspired the 1954 novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth.'

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A haunting painting meant to capture the calamity of World War I.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

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

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

The author of Alice in Wonderland spent his final years at this whimsical Victorian home.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

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

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

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.