Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

You can still see bits of the camouflage used to hide this Art Deco building from bombers during World War II.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

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

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

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

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

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