One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

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

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

A configuration of a trio of statues that depict a scene reflecting a time emblematic in the city’s rich history.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

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

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.