This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

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.

This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

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

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.