Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

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

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

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

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

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

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

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.