This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This commercial and retail center was crafted from walled military barracks.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This massive memorial commemorates those who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

A piece of public art commemorating the world's first Black professional footballer.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

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

The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.