Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

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

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

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

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

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

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

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

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

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

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.