The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

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.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

Likely the first car with an internal combustion engine constructed in the United Kingdom.

A secluded green oasis amidst the towering skyscrapers, bears an unusual moniker that reflects one of the city's oldest guilds.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

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

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

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

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

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.