A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.