Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

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

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

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

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

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

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

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

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

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

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

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.