A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

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

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

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

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

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

A student driver's nightmare.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

London's old-school healing garden.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.