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

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

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

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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

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