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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.