A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

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

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.