Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

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

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

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

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

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.