Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

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

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

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

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

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