The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

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

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

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

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

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