A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

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

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.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.