A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

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

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This two-legged horse statue celebrates a beloved cartoonist and his quirky characters.

These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

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