Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

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

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.