One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

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

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.