The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

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

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

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

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.