Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

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

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

The burial site of a murdered bishop and his alleged killers.

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

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.