Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

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

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

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

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

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

London's largest outsider art museum.

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

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.