This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

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

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

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

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

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

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

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

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