Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

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

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

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

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

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

A student driver's nightmare.