A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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

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

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

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

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.

During the heyday of fishing in Hastings, there were more than 100 of these storage facilities.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.