This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

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

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

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

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

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

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

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

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.