This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The home studio one of Britain's first independent record producers is also the site of a murder-suicide.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

The remains of a historic football stadium that once hosted 50,000 spectators.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.