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

One of the most haunted places in London...or is it?

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

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

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

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

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

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

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

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.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

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

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

England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.