Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

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

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

London's old-school healing garden.

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

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

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

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

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

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

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.