Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.