This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

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

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

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

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

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A tribute to all the green-thumbed workers who tend London’s public parks and gardens.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

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

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

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.