A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

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

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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.

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

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

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

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

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.