The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

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