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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

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

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

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

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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