Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

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

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.