19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

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

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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

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

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.