Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

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

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

London's old-school healing garden.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.