The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

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

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

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

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

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

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

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

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

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.