An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

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

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

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

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

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

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.