The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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