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

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

This is London's smallest listed building.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

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

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

This cul-de-sac off Fleet Street is said to be the place where the infamous Demon Barber made a killing

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

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

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

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

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.