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

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

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

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

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

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.