An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

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

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

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

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

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

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

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

London's old-school healing garden.

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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.

A chilly monument dedicated to the French explorer, Jean-Baptiste Charcot.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.