Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

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 one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.