A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

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

London's largest outsider art museum.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.