This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

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

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

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

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.

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

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.