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

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

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The wooden telephone box tucked away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.