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

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

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

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

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

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

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A 19th-century Neoclassical building now housing a Hindu temple represents modern-day Glasgow at its most multicultural.