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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

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

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

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

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

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

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

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

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

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

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

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

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.