These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

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

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

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

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

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

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

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

London's old-school healing garden.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

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

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

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.