J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

London's largest outsider art museum.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

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

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

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

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

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

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