A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

This concrete monster of a wreck lies in the mouth of Langstone Harbour as a monument to the incredible history of D-Day.

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

The bust of a 15th-century Albanian leader in the middle of London.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.

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