These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

The purported midpoint in London from which all distances are measured has a tragic love story at its core

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

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

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

Inside a London bookstore, a fireplace that once belonged to the illustrator responsible for a famous set of tarot cards.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors.