Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

An abbey dedicated to St. Mary, and homed Canon Regulars following Premonstratensian rule.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

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

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.