One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.

An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

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

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

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

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

Tourists who rely on a transit map to find the iconic Beatles location often end up in a far-off neighborhood.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

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

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.