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

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

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

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

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

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.