This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

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

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.