Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

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

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.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.