A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

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

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.