The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

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

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

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

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

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

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

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

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

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

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

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

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