The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

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

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

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