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

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

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

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

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

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

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