These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

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

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

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

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

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

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

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

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.