This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

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

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.