The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A living lighting fixture.

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

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

This is London's smallest listed building.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

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

A statue honoring a preeminent 19th-century dandy and important figure of men’s fashion.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

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

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

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

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

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

One of South America's most exclusive resorts has a storied history dating back to World War II.

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.