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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

A commemorative plaque at the door pays tribute to an "American Patriot" known for his betrayal.

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.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

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

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

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

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

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

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