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

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.

You can still see bits of the camouflage used to hide this Art Deco building from bombers during World War II.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

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

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

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