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.

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

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

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.