These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

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

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.