The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.