A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

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

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

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

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

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Near the site where the English Archbishop was born, you can find an emblem in the shape of a pilgrim's badge.

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

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

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

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

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

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