A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

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

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.