The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A student driver's nightmare.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

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

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.