This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

This hand-painted advertisement is a literal sign of encouragement, however unintentional.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.