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

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

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

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

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

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

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

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

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.

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.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.