London, England
River Tyburn Conduit
A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
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London, England
A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
London, England
It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.
London, England
It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
London, England
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
London, England
England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.
London, England
This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.
London, England
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.
London, England
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
London, England
One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.
London, England
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.
London, England
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
London, England
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
London, England
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.