Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

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

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

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

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

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

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

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

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