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

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

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

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

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

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

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

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

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

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

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

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

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.