The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

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

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.