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

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

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

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

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

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

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

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

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

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.