A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Dedicated to one of the nation's worst engineering disasters.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.