Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

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

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.