This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

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

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

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.