Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.

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

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.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

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

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

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A relic from ancient Egypt that is purported to have a curse associated with it

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.