A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

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

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

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

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

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.