A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.

Commemorating the first recorded car journey in the United Kingdom, a 56-mile trip that defied the speed limit the whole way.

Believed to be the largest single-stemmed oak tree in England.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

Order bagels and lox from an iconic Jewish delicatessen with nearly a century of history behind it.

The bust of a 15th-century Albanian leader in the middle of London.

This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.

This replica pays tribute to the first powered and sustained flight in the United Kingdom and the eccentric aviator who enabled it.

The lasting remains of the Balloon Section of the British Armed Forces.

This holy spring and its well have been the site of religious devotion for millennia.

The birthplace of Jane Austen commemorated the 200th anniversary of her death with a bronze statue of the beloved author.

A sincere and thoughtful art installation, mistaken by many as a statue of a penis.

From amidst her whirling waves, this mermaid sees all who pass through St. Swithun’s Church. If local legends are to be believed, she serves as a warning.