Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

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

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

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

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

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

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

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

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

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

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

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