The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.