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

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

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

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.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A student driver's nightmare.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.