A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

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

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.

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

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

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.