"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

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.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

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

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

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

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.