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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

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

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

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

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.