Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.