Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.