A recreation of a sign that Charles Dickens used to see on his walk home.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

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

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

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

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

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

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Catacombs turned marketplace.

London's largest outsider art museum.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.