A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

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

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

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

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.