It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

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

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

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

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

The London statue that imitates passersby.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

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

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

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

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

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

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