Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

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

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

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

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.