How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

This hand-painted advertisement is a literal sign of encouragement, however unintentional.

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

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

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

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

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

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

This is London's smallest listed building.

A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

In 1329, Christine Carpenter entered this small stone cell in the hopes of becoming a living saint.

Malaysia's floating mosque.