Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

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

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

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

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

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

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.