This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

A unique journey back in time to an early 20th-century fairground.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

It holds a fabulously designed tribute to astronomer Edmond Halley.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

A recently restored substation that dates from 1875.

Near the site where the English Archbishop was born, you can find an emblem in the shape of a pilgrim's badge.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

Crafted by one of the first makers of stoneware in England.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

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

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Tourists who rely on a transit map to find the iconic Beatles location often end up in a far-off neighborhood.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.