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

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

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

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

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

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.